If you are looking for forklifts for hire in and around Hampshire it might be worth considering that dealer support and parts availability are extremely important. If you purchase a lift truck in a location where there are no manufacturers or dealers for that type of machine you are going to find it extremely difficult when trying to find out where to buy your spare parts for service and repairs.

While you are trying to find forklifts for hire in and around Hampshire you might like to note that leaks on a second hand lift truck can be expensive to fix and although some leaks can be fixed in a couple of hours with a relatively inexpensive seal kit, leaks on triple stage masts can take considerably longer and lend themselves to very expensive repair costs.

Whilst you are looking for forklifts for hire in and around Hampshire you might like to be aware that a business was fined over £50,000 when a 60 year old employee was crushed and later died as a result of his injuries. It was found that the lift truck had been going round a corner when its driver performed an emergency stop in order to avoid hitting a member of staff. However the sudden breaking cause a steel coil situated on the forks to fall off pinning the man to the ground. The court found that no risk assessments had been carried out and that there was no safe system to safely separate pedestrians from vehicles on the site.